Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) (Minimum Service Standards—Taxi Network) Approval 2010 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2010–202
made under the  
Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002, section 18B (Minimum service standards for regulated services)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 18B(1) of the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002 (the Regulation) requires the Road Transport Authority to approve Minimum Service Standards (MMS) for the operation of a regulated service including a taxi network. An approval under section 18B(1) is a disallowable instrument by virtue of section 18B(4).

Schedule 1 of the Instrument sets out the minimum requirements that must be met by a Taxi Network.

The purpose of this instrument is to amend Part 2 of the MSS to incorporate a clause to ensure that, when directed by the Authority to suspend a vehicle from a Taxi Network’s booking system because the vehicle is deemed unsafe to be used as a public passenger vehicle, that the Taxi Network suspends the vehicle immediately. 

The amendment will allow the Authority to take disciplinary action against a Network for failure to comply with the MSS if they do not suspend a vehicle from the booking system when directed.